Job Title: Commercial Strategy & Operations Executive UKI
Location: Kingston Head Office, Full time
Full time: 2 days per week in office
About Unilever
Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Dove, Tresemme, Lynx, Lifebuoy, Shea Moisture, Persil, Domestos, Marmite, The Vegetarian Butcher, Graze and Pot Noodle.
Faced with the challenge of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That’s why our purpose is ‘to make sustainable living commonplace’
Job Purpose
- Support in the execution of the Channel and Category plans for Laundry to enable delivery of commercial targets across the Customer base
- Own the decision making for commercial trade-offs vs strategy
- Develop the promotional strategy and manage the TMI investment across customer teams
- Track promotion implementation across all customers, identify opportunities and scope for improvement
- Represent the Customer and Channel View in the S&OP process
Responsibilities
Work alongside the Commercial Strategy Manager to deliver theChannel & Category strategies to enable Unilever to achieve targets
Develop the promotional plans alongside the Commercial strategy manager & continually review and optimise
Performance management of business targets-delivering performance updates to key stakeholders across the business
Support with Channel Strategy Development alongside the brand and category management teams to deliver long term growth plans for Unilever
Lead key internal performance & action planning meetings with cross functional stakeholders, compiling the agenda and meeting materials
Manage trade spend
Successfully execute key innovation
Skills
Ability to analyse multiple sources of data and provide concise insights to inform decision making
Commercial and customer understanding
Category Strategy
Channel strategy creation and implementation
Net revenue management
Innovation – skilled in evaluating opportunities and transferring these in deliverables
S&OP – Performance Management and Gap closing
Advanced Excel skills & proficient with power BI dashboards
Stakeholder management across a breadth of seniority
Organisation & able to prioritise in a fast paced environment
Desirable Skills
Proficient in: SAP, Nielsen & Kantar
Key Behaviours
PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.
What we offer
Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.
Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (unilever.com).
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We’re always looking to connect with those who share an interest in a sustainable future.
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